Task Board v1.7.0 🎉

YouTube video for this release : https://youtu.be/AEkX8mOHGeE

New Features 🎁

  • More task formats support : Almost all task formats such as indented tasks and tasks in callouts are now supported. #133
  • Config Import/Export : Now users can export their setting to take a backup and import again easily. } #354
  • Hide properties : Hide selective task properties Reading as well as Live editor mode. #111
  • Auto add unique-id : The plugin will automatically add unique Id to your tasks. Necessary for various other features. #254
  • Parent-Child linking : Add child-tasks to your parent task as a dependency property and restrictions } #211 & #380
  • A new setting to restrict completion of parent-task when child-tasks/sub-tasks are incomplete. #380
  • Store last view : Now the plugin will remeber your last viewed board and the view type (Kanban or Map view).
  • Double click card actions : A new setting to select the action you want for card double click. #267
  • All wildcards for tag setting wherever applicable to improve usability for nested tags #343 & #372
  • QMD files support : Tasks from QMD files will be now supported. #331
  • Use Tasks plugin’s edit task modal through the edit button of task item card. #339
  • A reload Obsidian notice with a button will be shown whenever applicable setting has been changed. #368
  • Show last modified/added tasks on top of the column as a default sorting criteria until sorting feature is implemented. #352

Experimental Features

These features can be enabled using the Experimental features setting.

  • Task Notes : Show normal notes as task cards to add a reminder to your notes and track them on the Kanban board.
  • Map view : Spread out your tasks on a canvas, organize them efficiently and connect parent-child tasks to create a chain of tasks to manage your complex projects with ease.

Bug Fixes 🛠

  • The drop-down setting for Tasks cache path is taking too much width. Fixed ✅
  • The styling of frontmatter-tags in task item cards header are not correct. Fixed ✅

Other Changes 🔎

  • Improved the Preview in setting under Formats tab to also have a live preview. #391
  • Renamed Automation tab name to Automations.
  • The other Edit button action setting options will now scroll to the task line when note opened.
  • Enhanced Edit task modal UI for selecting child-tasks and few more icons.
  • Modify the onFileModified function to also except filePath.
  • Use Obsidian APIs for frontmatter processing.
  • A lot of style improvements.
  • Adjust Icons sizes in AddOrEditTaskModal component.
  • Renamed GlobalVariables.ts to uniqueIdentifiers.ts.
  • Renamed scanningVault.ts to vaultScanner.ts.
  • Optimization : Save the tasks cache to disk after scanning all pending files and not after every files scan.

Contributions

A big shout-out to the following contributors for helping me with testing the bugs, suggesting improvements and keeping the community active :

  • @AE-SAY-WAY
  • @Paining
  • @saslaw
  • @ctbarber
  • @dubyasqrd
  • @rikashore
  • @luisllamasbinaburo
  • @craziedde
  • @nayatiuh
  • @macdonaldster

And thank you to all those who have reached out to me on other platforms for improvement of this plugin. I might have missed your name in above list, but your words means a lot to me.❤

Acknowledgement

  • @Copilot made their first contribution in https://github.com/tu2-atmanand/Task-Board/pull/360

Full Changelog: https://github.com/tu2-atmanand/Task-Board/compare/1.6.11…1.7.0

Task Board 1.7.1

Bug fixes

  • The time property is not populated correctly and everything gets messed up while adding the time property #408 Fixed ✅

Full Changelog: https://github.com/tu2-atmanand/Task-Board/compare/1.7.0…1.7.1